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It’s 1am and you’re up watching MTV while eating a bowl of mac n’ cheese. Then the tv starts emitting crazy flashes, and MTV Amp comes on. It’s two hours of electronica that crosses over from nightclubs into the commercial radio. It’s the birth of the megaproducer DJ. It’s the start of dance music becoming mainstream in America.

Tracklist for September 7, 2016

01 :: Lo-Fidelity All-Stars feat. Pigeonhed – Battle Flag [Skint]
02 :: The Chemical Brothers – Piku [Astralwerks]
03 :: Bentley Rhythm Ace – Whoosh [Skint]
04 :: Apollo 440 – Stop The Rock (@440 Extended Mix) [Epic]
05 :: Junkie XL – Billy Club [Roadrunner Records]
06 :: Fatboy Slim – Going Out Of My Head [Skint]
07 :: Cut La Roc – Hip Hop Bibbedy Bop Bop [Skint]
08 :: Plump DJs – Electric Disco [Finger Lickin’ Records]
09 :: Sol Brothers – That Elvis Track [Open]
10 :: The Crystal Method – Busy Child [TVT Records]
11 :: Jackson & His Computer Band – Make It Happen [Sound of Barclay]
12 :: Lo-Fidelity All-Stars – Many Tentacles Pimping On The Keys [Skint]
13 :: The Chemical Brothers – Out Of Control [Virgin]
14 :: Pills – Rock Me (Rework Mix) [Mercury]
15 :: Stretch N’ Vern – I´m Alive (Fat Boy Comes Alive) [Grandslam Records]
16 :: Fatboy Slim – You’re Not From Brighton [Skint]
17 :: 2 Fat Buddhas vs. Fat Head – Wheel ’em In [Freskanova]
18 :: Space Raiders – (I Need The) Disko Doktor (Original Mix) [Medicine Label]
19 :: The Future Sound of London – We Have Explosive (Original Version) [Astralwerks]
20 :: Les Rythmes Digitales – (Hey You) What’s That Sound? (Extended 12″ Mix) [Astralwerks]
21 :: Wildchild – Renegade Master (Fatboy Slim New Skool Mix) [Hi Life Recordings]
22 :: Tzant – Sounds Of Wickedness (Club Mix) [Logic Records]
23 :: Propellerheads – Spybreak (Long One) [Open]
24 :: Freestylers – Don’t Stop [Scratch City Records]
25 :: Fatboy Slim vs. The Rolling Stones – Satisfaction Skank [Not On Label]
26 :: Blue Boy – Remember Me [Guidance Recordings]

Proggy-prog-PROG HOUSE all night long! OMG I had not touched these records in years, and some still had the fog machine dust on them from back in the day. It’s amazing how music can bring you back to a time and place in your life that you’ll never forget. If you like your tracks BIG and ready to fill a main room dance floor, well then, hop into the time machine and become 16 years younger with Don.

Tracklist for August 31, 2016

01 :: Sono – Keep Control (Extended Mix) [Code Blue]
02 :: Dan Robbins – D.B.D (Chanting In The Dark) (Original Mix) [Junior]
03 :: Mr. Groove & Vergas – Black & White (Original) [Yo!]
04 :: Satoshi Tomiie feat. Kelli Ali – Love In Traffic (Satoshi Tomiie Dark-Path) [INCredible]
05 :: Saints & Sinners – Pushin Too Hard [Bedrock Records]
06 :: Pob – Waah (Original Seismix) [Platipus]
07 :: X-Press 2 – Muzikizum (Part One) [Skint]
08 :: Roland Clark – Resist (Jason Jinx’s Head Strong Mix) [Fluential]
09 :: Depeche Mode – I Feel Loved (Danny Tenaglia’s Labor Of Love Mix) [Reprise Records]
10 :: Green Velvet – La La Land (Futureshock Club Mix) [Credence]
11 :: Psycho Radio – In The Underground (Original Mix) [Marduk Records]
12 :: Trancesetters – Roaches (Peace Division Remix) [Hooj Choons]
13 :: Aaron Carl – Dance Naked (James Holden Mix) [Kickin Records]
14 :: Alex Dolby – Psiko Garden (John Acquaviva Re-edit) [Mantra Vibes]
15 :: Un 7 – RRR (Rosy Romantic Mix) [Asphalt Records]
16 :: Gay Dad – Joy (Brother Brown’s Daddy Cool) [Essential Recordings]
17 :: Rui Da Silva feat. Cassandra – Touch Me (Original 12″ Mix) [Kismet]
18 :: Carissa Mondavi – Solid Ground (Fade Dub) [Plastik Records]
19 :: Morel – True (The Faggot Is You) (Deep Dish Poof Daddy Remix) [Yoshitoshi Recordings]
20 :: Planet Funk – Who Said (Stuck In The UK) (Planet Funk Club Mix) [Illustrious]
21 :: Fatboy Slim – Star 69 (X Press 2 Wine Em Dine Em & 69 Em Mix) [Skint]
22 :: Circuit Boy feat. Alan T. – The Door (Planet Tweak Mix) [Flesh]
23 :: DJ Nukem – Instinct (Original Mix) [Imago]
24 :: Elisa – Come Speak To Me (Deep Dish Summer Breeze Remix) [Epic]

Ungh!!! Sweat it out on the dancefloor with these early proto-house jams reflecting the mood of a culturally vibrant NYC downtown scene in the mid-80’s.

Tracklist for August 24, 2016

01 :: The Movement – Movement [Underworld Records]
02 :: Colonel Abrams – Music Is The Answer (Vocal) [Streetwise]
03 :: Dhar Braxton – Jump Back (Set Me Free) (Club Mix) [Sleeping Bag Records]
04 :: Tammy Lucas – Hey Boy (Rough Mix) [Supertronics]
05 :: Captain Rapp – Bad Times (I Can’t Stand It) (Part 2) [Becket Records]
06 :: Russ Brown – Gotta Find A Way (Vocal) [Jump Street]
07 :: Man Friday – Love Honey, Love Heartache (Vocal) [Vinylmania]
08 :: David Joseph – Let’s Live It Up (Nite People) [Mango]
09 :: Hugh Masekela – Don’t Go Lose It Baby (Stretch Mix) [Jive Afrika]
10 :: Frontline Orchestra – Don’t Turn Your Back On Me (Long Version) [Quality]
11 :: Serious Intention – Niecy Don’t Know (Acamental Mix) [Easy Street Records]
12 :: Serious Intention – You Don’t Know (Special Remix) [Easy Street Records]
13 :: 4 To The Bar – Slam Me Baby! (Extended Club Mix) [Going All Out Records]
14 :: Cheyne – Call Me Mr. ‘Telephone’ [MCA Records]
15 :: J-A Groove – Release The Tension [Studio Records]
16 :: Lisa Mitchell – Rescue Me (DJ Stomp Mix) [Jump Street]
17 :: Funk Masters – Love Money [Siamese Records]
18 :: Tribe – Coke (Unreleased Mix) [Larry]
19 :: Brooklyn Express – Change Position (88) [One Way Records]
20 :: Modern Romance – Can You Move (Vocal Midnight Mix) [Atlantic]
21 :: Connie Case – Get Down [New York Underground Disco]
22 :: Capricorn – Pow Pow Pow [Emergency Records]
23 :: Jamaica Girls – Need Somebody New [Sleeping Bag Records]
24 :: ESG – Moody [99 Records]

I wanna let the world know that this is one of the dopest mixes to ever grace the confines of this podcast! All classic tunes from the golden era of house music, with all the heavy hitters featured here.

Tracklist for August 17, 2016

01 :: River Ocean feat. India – Love And Happiness (Yemaya Y Ochun) (Morales Mix) [Cooltempo]
02 :: Jamiroquai – Emergency On Planet Earth (Planetary Club Mix) [Columbia]
03 :: Soulution – Feels So Right [E Legal]
04 :: Romanthony – Change [Black Male Records]
05 :: Betty Boo – Thing Goin’ On (MK Underground Dub) [Sire]
06 :: Black Ice feat. Nature Love – My Love Is Underground [Swing Street]
07 :: Kenlou – Hillbilly Song [MAW Records]
08 :: Sounds of Blackness – I Believe (Deliverance Dub) [Perspective Records]
09 :: Danell Dixon – Dance Dance [King Street Sounds]
10 :: Donna De Lory – Think It Over (Donna Got Murked Mix) [MCA Records]
11 :: Sagat – Fuk Dat (Raw Mix) [Maxi Records]
12 :: DSK – What Would We Do (Hurley’s House Mix) [FFRR]
13 :: Cajmere feat. Dajae – Brighter Days (Underground Goodie Mix) [Cajual Records]
14 :: Joi Cardwell – You Got To Pray (250lbs. Of Blue Vocal) [Eightball Records]
15 :: Black Traxx – Your Mind Is So Crazy [Night Club Records]
16 :: Basscut – I’m Not In Love (Try To Tear My Heart Instrumental) [Charisma Records]
17 :: Black Ice – I’m Up In Heaven [Large Records]
18 :: The Groove Asylum – In The Air [Nervous Records]
19 :: Those Guys – Love, Love, Love (Main 12″ Mix) [Basement Boys Records]
20 :: Soulboy – Harmonica Track (The Classic Mix) [Maxi Records]
21 :: Clubland – (I’m Under) Love Strain (Lost In Jungle Mix) [Buzz]
22 :: Deep Six – We’re Going Deep [Murk Records]

Early birds, this one’s for you: two hours of 80’s new wave sorta mixed together by Don Play!

Tracklist for August 10, 2016

01 :: Devo – Shout [Warner Bros. Records]
02 :: The Human League – (Keep Feeling) Fascination – Extended [A&M Records]
03 :: The B-52’s – Cake [Warner Bros Records]
04 :: Talking Heads – Making Flippy Floppy (Remixed by Jellybean Benitez) [Sire]
05 :: The Time – The Bird (Remix) [Warner Bros. Records]
06 :: Oingo Boingo – Weird Science (Extended Dance Version by Mark Kamins) [MCA Records]
07 :: Power Station – Get It On [Capitol Records]
08 :: Erasure – Stop! (12″ Version) [Sire]
09 :: Kylie Minogue – The Loco-Motion (The Kohaku Mix) [Geffen Records]
10 :: Eddie Murphy – Party All The Time [Columbia]
11 :: Duran Duran – Girls On Film (Night Version) [EMI]
12 :: A-ha – Take On Me (Extended Version) [Warner Bros. Records]
13 :: Pointer Sisters – Neutron Dance [Planet Records]
14 :: Bangles – Walk Like An Egyptian (Extended Dance Mix) [Columbia]
15 :: Katrina & The Waves – Walking On Sunshine (Extended Mix) [Capitol Records]
16 :: The English Beat – Mirror In The Bathroom [Sire]
17 :: Bow Wow Wow – I Want Candy [RCA]
18 :: Madonna – Open Your Heart (Extended Version) [Sire]
19 :: Kajagoogoo – Too Shy (Midnight Mix) [EMI America]
20 :: Fine Young Cannibals – She Drives Me Crazy (Extended Version) [MCA Records]
21 :: Depeche Mode – Strangelove (Blind Mix) [Mute]
22 :: Information Society – What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy) (Club Mix) [Tommy Boy]
23 :: Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax (Vocal/Long Version) [Island Records]
24 :: David Bowie – Fashion [RCA Victor]
25 :: Matthew Wilder – Break My Stride [Private I Records]
26 :: ABC – Be Near Me (Munich Disco Mix) [Neutron Records]
27 :: Wang Chung – Look At Me Now [Geffen Records]
28 :: Romantics – Talking In Your Sleep [Nemporer Records]

THE GREATEST EDITION of the Dance Megamix happened when I played 2 hours of “Jock Jams” and Euro House. Spray on the Drakkar Noir and pull on your Armani Exchange jeans, cuz it’s go time!!!

Tracklist for August 3, 2016

01 :: N-Joi – Anthem [RCA]
02 :: Livin’ Joy – Dreamer (Original Club Mix) [MCA Records]
03 :: Bizarre Inc. feat. Angie Brown – I’m Gonna Get You (Original Flavour Mix) [Columbia]
04 :: Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch – Good Vibrations [Interscope Records]
05 :: Black Box – Strike It Up (Original Remix) [RCA]
06 :: Technotronic feat. Felly – Pump Up The Jam (Vocal Attack) [SBK Records]
07 :: Reel 2 Real feat. The Mad Stuntman – I Like To Move It (Erick “More” Club Mix) [Strictly Rhythm]
08 :: Quad City DJs – C’Mon ‘N Ride It (The Train) (Remix) [Big Beat]
09 :: RuPaul – Supermodel (You Better Work) (Couture Mix) [Tommy Boy]
10 :: 49ers – Don’t You Love Me (90’s Mix) [4th & Broadway]
11 :: 2 Unlimited – Twilight Zone (Club Mix) [Radikal Records]
12 :: Culture Beat – Mr. Vain (Vain Mix) [550 Music]
13 :: Rozalla – Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good) (Original Mix) [Epic]
14 :: The Shamen – LSI (Love Sex Intelligence) (Beatmasters 12″ Mix) [Epic]
15 :: The Urban Cookie Collective – The Key, The Secret (Glamorously Developed Mix) [Pulse 8 USA]
16 :: Gina G – Ooh Aah… Just A Little Bit (Motiv8 Vintage Honey Mix) [Warner Bros. Records]
17 :: Scatman John – Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) (Extended Radio) [RCA]
18 :: Snap! – Rhythm Is A Dancer (12″ Mix) [Arista]
19 :: La Bouche – Be My Lover (Club Mix) [RCA]
20 :: Haddaway – What Is Love (12″ Mix) [Arista]
21 :: Rapination feat. Kym Mazelle – Love Me The Right Way (The Real Rapino 12″) [RCA]
22 :: Gabrielle – Dreams (The Developed Arrested Mix) [Go! Beat]
23 :: Right Said Fred – I’m Too Sexy (Catwalk Mix) [Charisma]
24 :: Cathy Dennis – Touch Me (All Night Long) (Club Mix) [Polydor]
25 :: Degrees of Motion – Do You Want It Right Now (King St. Mix) [Esquire Records]
26 :: The Original – I Luv U Baby (Dancing Divaz Club Mix) [Ore Music]
27 :: Technotronic – Get Up! (Before The Night Is Over) (Def Mix) [SBK Records]
28 :: C + C Music Factory – Here We Go (The Clivillés/Cole Rockin’ In 91 Mix) [Columbia]
29 :: LaTour – People Are Still Having Sex (Ralphi’s Orgasmic Mix) [Smash Records]
30 :: Happy Clappers – I Believe [Shindig]
31 :: Black Shells – The Anthem (Untitled Mix 1) [Azuli Records]
32 :: Congo – Congo (D Max Mix) [Strictly Rhythm]
33 :: Cola Boy – 7 Ways To Love (Straight To The Cola Boy Head) [Arista]
34 :: K.W.S. – Please Don’t Go (Sunshine Mix) [Next Plateau Records]

The word is love in this mix, as Don presents a random assortment of lovable dance jams from all genres and epochs. Random!!!

Tracklist for July 27, 2016

01 :: Clio – Faces [La Discoteca]
02 :: Cleavage – Barah (The House Mix) [Studio Records]
03 :: Don Ray – Standing In The Rain [Polydor]
04 :: A Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray [LD Records]
05 :: Jago – I’m Going To Go [Full Time Records]
06 :: Yazoo – Situation (Joey Negro Re-Edit) [Rapster Records]
07 :: Michael The Lion – The Don [Razor N Tape]
08 :: Jimmy “Bo” Horne – Spank (Instrumental Remix) [Advanced Records]
09 :: Steve “Silk” Hurley & The Voices of Life – The Word Is Love (Silk’s Anthem Instrumental) [Silk Entertainment]
10 :: Steve “Silk” Hurley & The Voices of Life – The Word Is Love (Silk’s Anthem Of Life) [Silk Entertainment]
11 :: Sound Stream – Let’s Break [Sound Stream]
12 :: Cassius – Feeling For You [Astralwerks]
13 :: Panevino – The Way I Am (Richard Earnshaw Remix) [NRK Sound Division]
14 :: Jomanda – Don’t You Want My Love (Street Style) [Big Beat]
15 :: Liz Torres feat. Edward Crosby – Can’t Get Enough (Club) [State Street Records]
16 :: Stephanie Mills – Put Your Body Into It [20th Century Fox]
17 :: Fire Island feat. Loleatta Holloway – Shout To The Top (Fire Island Extended Mix) [V2]
18 :: Ronnie Dyson – All Over Your Face [Cotillion]
19 :: Iudy – Island Of The Sun [Top Flight Records]
20 :: Body 2 Body feat. Donell Rush & Chantay Savage – Let’s Get Intimate (Maurices Underground Mix) [ID Records]
21 :: M People – Open Your Heart (Fire Island Mix) [Epic Dance]

This one is a tale of two mixes. The first hour is socially conscious house music, all thought provoking jams that also happen to rock a dance floor. In hour two, Don goes abroad for some international grooves from Nigeria, Philippines, Nicaragua, Zambia, Burkina Faso, and more.

Tracklist for July 20, 2016

01 :: Blunted Dummies – House For All (Original Mix) [Definitive Recordings]
02 :: Aly-Us – Follow Me [Strictly Rhythm]
03 :: Deee-Lite – Good Beat (Bounce To The Rhythm Of The Beat) [Celebrate Life]
04 :: Deee-Lite – Good Beat (World Clique Version) [Elektra]
05 :: CeCe Rogers – Someday (12″ Extended Mix) [Atlantic]
06 :: James Howard – We Can Do It (Wake Up) (Original Club Mix) [Emotive Records]
07 :: Octave One – Black Water [430 West]
08 :: Gregory Porter – 1960 What? (Opolopo Remix) [Motéma]
09 :: Kerri Chandler – Grass Cutter (6:23 Club Mix) [King Street Sounds]
10 :: Leisha Moore – Damn, What A Feeling (Original Vocal Mix) [Easy Street Records]
11 :: Visions feat. Juan Atkins – Is This Real? (Obsessive Club Mix) [TRIBAL America]
12 :: UBQ Project – We Can Make It (Unreleased Dub) [BBE]
13 :: Blaze – The Blaze Theme Track [Slow To Speak]
14 :: Fela Ransome-Kuti with The Africa ’70 & Ginger Baker – Let’s Start [Signpost Records]
15 :: Bwana – Tema de Bwana [Caytronics]
16 :: Peter King – Ajo [Secret Stash Records]
17 :: Cymande – Fug [Janus Records]
18 :: Olatunji! – Gin-Go-Lo-Ba (Drums Of Passion) [Columbia]
19 :: Witch – It’s Alright [Now-Again Records]
20 :: Dakila – Gòzala [Epic]
21 :: Compaore Issouf – Dambakalé [Analog Africa]
22 :: Nath & Martin Brothers – Onye Awumawu [Voodoo Funk]
23 :: Shell Steel Orchestra – Shell Potporie [Sonolux]

Whoa there! It looks like Don has really gone off the reservation in this week’s edition of the Dance Megamix. This episode is 100% DRUM N BASS music, or jungle, as it is sometimes known. We hit some high notes in here, with DJ Zinc, Ganja Kru, DJ Hype, Mulder, Roni Size, Aphrodite, Photek, and more. It’s a flashback mix to the rave years of the late 90’s, early 00’s, and it is fearsome.

Tracklist for July 6, 2016

01 :: Ganja Kru – Super Sharp Shooter (DJ Zinc Remix) [Ganja Records]
02 :: Natural Born Chillers – Rock The Funky Beat (Original Version) [Warner Music UK]
03 :: Modern Movez – High Density [Based on Bass]
04 :: Aladdin 5 – Summer Dub [Aphrodite Recordings]
05 :: Ray Keith – Now Is The Time [V Recordings]
06 :: Roni Size / Reprazent – Brown Paper Bag (Roni Size Sound Is The Music Remix) [Mercury]
07 :: Dr. Octagon – Blue Flowers (Secondary Diagnostic Mix By Photek) [Mo Wax]
08 :: Dune – Vertical Drop [Breakbeat Science Recordings]
09 :: The Penguin – Let The Bass Kick [Joker Records]
10 :: Mulder – Don’t Believe [Urban Takeover]
11 :: DJ Rap – Good To Be Alive (Ganja Kru Remix) [Columbia]
12 :: E-Z Rollers – Weekend World (Calyx Remix) [Higher Education]
13 :: Jungle Brothers – Jungle Brother (Urban Takeover Mix) [Gee Street]
14 :: Yellow Note – Whatever [Jungle Sky]
15 :: DJ Hype & Ganja Max – Pum Pum Mus Smoke Ganja [Ganja Records]
16 :: Calibre – Jane’s Twitch [Thermal Recordings]
17 :: PFM – Danny’s Song [Good Looking Records]
18 :: Codename John – Warning [INCredible]
19 :: Pieter K – Saturnine [Breakbeat Science Records]
20 :: Aphrodite – Navigator (95 Lick) [Aphrodite Recordings]
21 :: Foul Play Productions – Risk [Partisan]
22 :: Peshay – Vocal Tune [Good Looking Records]
23 :: Big Bud – Freedom [Good Looking Records]
24 :: Ben Neill – Tunnel Vision (Spring Heel Jack Rotherhide Tunnel Mix) [Antilles]
25 :: A Tribe Called Quest – 1nce Again (Twister Mix) [Jive Electro]

Pride Week! That’s right children, it’s time for classic disco that brings out the roots of dance music and pays homage to queer culture. With Orlando on our minds and love in our hearts it’s only fitting that we play the soundtrack to a civil rights and social movement.

Tracklist for June 29, 2016

01 :: New York Citi Peech Boys – Life Is Something Special (Vocal) [Island Records]
02 :: People’s Choice – Do It Anyway You Wanna [TSOP]
03 :: Change – A Lover’s Holiday [Warner Bros. Records]
04 :: Loleatta Holloway – Love Sensation [Salsoul Records]
05 :: Jermaine Jackson – Erucu (François K. Acetate) [Sunshine Sound]
06 :: Geraldine Hunt – You Can’t Fake The Feeling [Uniwave]
07 :: Sylvester – You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) [Fantasy]
08 :: Musique – Keep On Jumpin’ [Prelude Records]
09 :: Anthony White – Block Party [Salsoul Records]
10 :: Macho – I’m A Man [Prelude Records]
11 :: Patrick Cowley – Menergy [Unidisc]
12 :: Dinosaur L – Go Bang [Garage Classics]
13 :: Double Exposure – Ten Percent [Salsoul Records]
14 :: Dee Dee Bridgewater – Bad For Me (Long Version) [Elektra]
15 :: Martin Circus – Disco Circus [Prelude Records]
16 :: Teddy Pendergrass – You Can’t Hide From Yourself [Philadelphia International Records]
17 :: Inner Life feat. Jocelyn Brown – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (Larry Levan Unreleased Breakdown Mix) [Salsoul Records]
18 :: True Example – Love Is Finally Coming My Way [Gold Mind Records]
19 :: Diana Ross – Love Hangover (1st Take Remix) [J.V.S. Records]
20 :: Village People – Fire Island [Casablanca Records]
21 :: Double Exposure – My Love Is Free [Salsoul Records]
22 :: Carl Bean – I Was Born This Way (Vocal) [Motown]